Improvement in tool-handles



L. LANDEKER.

TOOL-HANDLE.

No. 191,866. Paienied June 12.18 77;

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ATTORNEYS.

N PETERS. PHDTO-LITNOGRAP UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

LAZARE LANDEKER, or sun LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN TOOL-HANDLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 191,866, dated June 12,1877; application filed February 26, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LAZARE LANDEKER, of San Luis Obispo, in the countyof San Luis Obispo and State of California, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Tool-Handles, of which the following is aspecification Figure 1 is a side view of a hammer to which myimprovement has been applied, partly in section through the line as m,Fig. 2. Fig. 2 represents the forward side of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved mode of securinghandles in hammers, axes, hatchets, and other tools, in which thehandles are inserted and secured in eyes which will hold the handlesecurely in place, and, at the same time, will allow it to be readilyremoved when required.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawing,and then pointed out in the claim.

I will describe the device as applied to a hammer, but do not wish tolimit myself to that application.

A represents a hammer-head, in the eye of which is inserted the end of ahandle, E. The end of the handle E may be tightened in the eye of thehead A by wedges B. 0 is a small metallic bar, the edges of which arebeveled off, so that it may fit into a dovetailed or other shaped grooveformed across the forward side of the head A and across the end of thehandle E. The bar 0 is made of such a length that its ends may be flushwith the sides of the head A, and of such a thickness that its outersurface may be flush with the forwardside of said head, as shown inFigs. 1 and 2.

Through the center of the bar 0 is formed a hole to receive a screw, D,which is screwed into the end of the handle E, and the head of which iscountersunk into the bar 0, so that its surface may be flush with thesurface of the said bar 0.

The screw D may be simply screwed into the end of the handle E, or itmay be screwed into a nut let into said handle, or it may pass entirelythrough said handle, and its end may be riveted or have a nut screwedupon it.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Pat- The combination, with socket and handle, of thecross-bar G and screw D flush with the end of handle, as shown anddescribed.

LAZARE LANDEKER.

Witnesses:

L. M. N om, JULIUS KREBs.

